Classic Radio Horror: The Monster That Escaped the Page | Lights Out

When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page. | “The Author And The Thing” from Lights Out | #RetroRadio EP0556

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Recluse” (February 10, 1977)
00:46:45.245 = Lights Out, “The Author And The Thing” (September 28, 1943)
01:09:54.998 = Lux Radio Theater, “Smilin Through” (January 05, 1942)
02:08:20.526 = Macabre, “The Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD
02:36:41.438 = Philip Marlowe, “Tale of the Mermaid” (October 01, 1949)
03:06:02.483 = Have Gun Will Travel, “Monster On Moon Ridge” (March 08, 1959)
03:29:42.282 = The Black Mass, “A Country Doctor” (August 14, 1964)
03:53:41.585 = Beyond Midnight, “A Night In Murders Den” (January 31, 1969) ***WD
04:19:48.070 = MindWebs, “EnPassant” and “DreamWorld”
04:47:14.003 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.
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